Michel_Serrault

Michel Serrault

Michel Serrault

French actor

Michel Serrault (24 January 1928 – 29 July 2007)[1][2][3][4][5] was a French stage and film actor who appeared from 1954 until 2007 in more than 130 films.[4]

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Life and career

His first professional job was in a touring production in Germany of Molière's Les Fourberies de Scapin.[3]

In 1948, he began his career in the theatre with Robert Dhéry in Les Branquignols. His first film was Ah! Les belles bacchantes, starring Robert Dhéry, Colette Brosset (Dhéry's then-wife), and Louis de Funès; directed by Jean Loubignac in 1954. Serrault played in the 1955 suspense thriller Les diaboliques, starring Simone Signoret and directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot.

From February 1973 through 1978, he portrayed the role of Albin/Zaza opposite Jean Poiret in the play La cage aux folles, written by Poiret.[3] He recreated the role for the film version of the play, which was released in 1978.[3][4][2] In 1977-1978 he played the composer Jacques Offenbach in a six-part series of one-hour episodes about the musician's life, each one focusing on a specific aspect or work.[6]

Serrault died from relapsing polychondritis at his home in Équemauville on 29 July 2007 at age 79. He was buried in Sainte-Catherine's cemetery in Honfleur and was transferred in 2009 to the cemetery of Neuilly-sur-Seine near his wife Juanita Saint-Peyron and daughter Caroline, who died in 1977. He had another daughter, actress Nathalie Serrault.[7]

Theatre (partial)

Filmography

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References

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    INA (Institut national de l'audiovisuel) web page for Les Folies Offenbach - Série accessed 22 April 2024.
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    "Assassins et voleurs". imdb.com. IMDb. Retrieved 2012-09-19.
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    "Le naïf aux 40 enfants". imdb.com. IMDb. Retrieved 2012-09-19.
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    "Nina (1959)". imdb.com. IMDb. Retrieved 2012-09-19.
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    "Oh! Qué mambo". imdb.com. IMDb. Retrieved 2012-09-19.
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    "La gamberge". IMDb. Retrieved 2012-09-20.
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    "Le repos du guerrier". IMDb. Retrieved 2012-09-20.
  14. [14]
    "Les durs à cuire". IMDb. Retrieved 2012-09-20.
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    "La chasse à l'homme". IMDb. Retrieved 2012-09-20.
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    "Cent briques et des tuiles". IMDb. Retrieved 2012-09-20.
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    "La tête du client". IMDb. Retrieved 2012-09-20.
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    "Le caïd de Champignol". IMDb. Retrieved 2012-09-20.
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    "Ces messieurs de la famille". IMDb. Retrieved 2012-09-20.
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    "À tout casser". IMDb. Retrieved 2012-09-20.
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    "La liberté en croupe". IMDb. Retrieved 2012-09-20.
  22. [22]
    "Le cri du cormoran, le soir au-dessus des jonques". IMDb. Retrieved 2012-09-20.
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    "Qu'est-ce qui fait courir les crocodiles?". imdb.com. IMDb. Retrieved 2012-09-20.
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    "Le viager". imdb.com. IMDb. Retrieved 2012-09-20.
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    "La belle affaire". imdb.com. IMDb. Retrieved 2012-09-20.
  26. [26]
    "Les gaspards". imdb.com. IMDb. Retrieved 2012-09-20.
  27. [27]
    "L'Ibis rouge". imdb.com. IMDb. Retrieved 2012-09-20.
  28. [28]
    "L'esprit de famille". imdb.com. IMDb. Retrieved 2012-11-09.
  29. [29]
    "Le coucou". imdb.com. IMDb. Retrieved 2012-09-11.
  30. [30]
    "Pile ou Face". Allmovie.com. Retrieved 2012-11-09.
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    "Deux heures moins le quart avant Jésus-Christ". imdb.com. IMDb. Retrieved 2012-09-11.
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    "On ne meurt que deux fois". Retrieved 2012-09-21.
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    "Ne réveillez pas un flic qui dort". imdb.com. IMDb. Retrieved 2012-09-21.
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    "Docteur Petiot". Allmovie.com. Retrieved 2012-09-21.
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    "Albert est méchant". imdb.com. IMDb. Retrieved 2012-09-21.
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    "Grabuge!". imdb.com. IMDb. Retrieved 2012-09-21.
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    "Les enfants du pays". imdb.com. IMDb. Retrieved 2012-09-21.
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    "Les enfants du pays". Allmovie.com. Retrieved 2012-09-21.
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    "Le Bénévole". imdb.com. IMDb. Retrieved 2012-09-21.
  40. [40]
    "Le Bénévole". Allmovie.com. Retrieved 2012-09-21.
  41. [41]
    "Monsieur Léon". imdb.com. IMDb. Retrieved 2012-09-21.
  42. [42]
    "Migliore attore straniero". daviddedonatello.it (in Italian). Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2012-09-21.
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